Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Windows installer is used to reinstall, repair or uninstall the applications from Windows operating system. You are unable to install or repair anything is problem with Windows Installer.

Below are outlined few instructions through which you can repair Windows installer.

· Reinstall Windows Installer

· Run System File Checker

· Start Windows Installer Service

· Repair Windows Registry

· Repair Windows

· Remove MSIEXEC with no Extension

Reinstall Windows Installer

Reinstall Windows installer in order to repair Windows installer through steps given below.

1. Open Start | Type Command Prompt in Search Box

2. Right-click on Command Prompt to Run as Administrator

3. On the command prompt, type following commands

ren msi.dll msi.old | Enter

ren msihnd.dll msihnd.old | Enter

4. Now Exit from Command Prompt

5. Download and Install Windows Installer from Microsoft

Run System File Checker

System file checker is built-in utility that scans and repairs system files. Run system file checker in order to repair Windows installer. Follow the instructions given below to run system file checker.

1. Open Start | Type “Run” without quotes in Search box

2. Right-click on Run

3. In Run Window type “sfc /scanNow” without quotes and press Enter

4. Let system file checker scan your system for corrupted files

5. Now install Windows Installer

Start Windows Installer Service

It could be reason that Windows installer service is disabled at background. Before repairing Windows Installer, you need to start this service. Follow the easy steps given below to start Windows Installer service.

1. Open Start | Type “Services” without quotes in Search Box

2. Double-click on Services

3. In the Services Window scroll down to Windows Installer Service

4. Right-click on Windows Installer to select Properties

5. Now click on Startup type “Automatic”

6. Also enable this service, if disabled

7. Close Services and Restart your system

Repair Windows Registry

Windows Registry is essential component of operating system that stores information related to installed programs and hardware configuration. Programs inside Windows won’t work if there is problem in Registry database. You should repair Windows Registry in order to repair Windows Installer. Follow the instructions given below to repair Windows Registry.

1. Download and Install some reliable system utility software such as RegInOut

2. Click on Registry Repair Feature on the main Interface of the software

If repairing Windows Registry could not help you repair Window Installer problem, you need to repair Windows. Follow the steps given below to repair Windows.

1. Get Windows Installation DVD

2. Reset your unit | Select boot your system from DVD drive

3. Now select the Language | Next

4. Now click on Repair Your Computer

5. Select the operating system that you want to repair

Remove MSIEXEC with no Extension

By default there should be only one MSIEXEC.EXE file in system-32 folder. In some cases msiexec file is recreated without an extension and size of the file. You should rename all those extra file before repairing Windows installer. Follow the procedure given below.

Windows Users:For Windows users there is hosts file in Windows directory.1.Go to My Computer2.Double Click on Installation Disk | Select Windows | Select System 323.Open Drivers | Select Etc4.In Etc, locate Hosts file | Right-click on hosts file and open with Notepad5.Scroll down and remove following linegs.apple.com6.Save the fileMac Users:If you are using Mac OS, follow these instructions.1.Close iTunes after Login your system through Administrator Account2.GOTO “/private/ETC” or press Command + Shift and G and Enter “/private/etc | Go3.In the Find Box, type “Hosts”4.Drag this file to desktop and open file in Editor5.Scroll down and remove “gs.apple.com”6.Save and close7.Now drag this file back to original place8.Open iTunes without error 11Restore Device Using TinyUmbrellaiTunes error 11 can also be fixed by restoring device using TinyUmbrella if changing hosts file couldn’t fix the error. Follow these simple steps to restore device using TinyUmbrella.1.Open Google and Search for TinyUmbrella2.Download TinyUmbrella and Install it3.Open TinyUmbrella | Select Advance4.Now unmark “Set hosts to Cydia on exit”5.Exit from TinyUmbrella | Restore iTunes to defaultReinstall iTunesIt could be reason that iTunes files are corrupted try reinstalling iTunes to resolve iTunes error 11. To uninstall iTunes, follow the instructions given below:

1.Open Start | GOTO Control Panel | Select Uninstall a Program under Programs2.Now select iTunes | Uninstall3.Follow onscreen Wizard4.Reinstall iTunes5.Reboot your machineUninstall using AppZapperUninstalling program through AppZapper can also fix iTunes error 11. Another way to uninstall program is Pacifist. There would only be prompt on screen for confirmation to replace a file. You just need to select Continue.